Dan Rinzema, a Calvin College
junior, is one of five winners of a scholarship from the West Michigan
Chapter of Financial Executives International.

The Grand Rapids native
and Unity Christian graduate earned a $1,000 award from the local chapter
(after being nominated this spring by Calvin business professor Robert
Medema), joining students from Grand Valley, Western Michigan and Central
Michigan universities.

"It's heartening that
Dan won this award," says Medema. "It shows that Calvin can
and does provide an excellent education in a variety of professional
disciplines, including finance, in addition to providing an excellent
liberal arts education."

The Western Michigan Chapter
of FEI provided five scholarships of $1,000 each this year to local
students. The criteria for the award include academic performance, relevant
work experience and other outside activities.

Rinzema, who will graduate
Calvin in May 2004 with a bachelor of science in business degree, fits
the bill.

He has a 3.9 grade point
average at Calvin and for the last four years has worked at Datacomp
in Grand Rapids, working on marketing projects, quality control, web-based
reimbursements and on-line ordering systems. In fact, he designed, implemented
and evaluated an on-line ordering system that reduced overall supply
costs by 30 percent.

He has been a tutor at Calvin
this school year and also works locally as a security guard, a post
he has held for almost two years. On top of all that he was a member
of the Calvin track and field team.

"Just reading his resume
makes me tired," says Medema with a chuckle. "Seriously, Dan
is a highly motivated and capable young man. I am confident he has the
intelligence, energy and discipline to succeed in whatever he decides
to do."

Rinzema plans to participate
in The Chicago Semester next year, a program sponsored by Calvin and
five other colleges. The program challenges students to integrate their
personal, professional and public lives through urban exposure, academic
seminars and a wide range of internships. After that program he will
stay in Chicago to pursue an MBA at the University of Chicago.